"Dammit,"
I quickly let go of the spiraling sources of water as I felt that if I continued to hold onto it any longer, my legs or arms would be ripped off.
FWOOSH
I tumbled into the water, feeling it enter my nose, mouth, and ears, and as it flipped me around, I quickly lost where I was.
My brain jumbled into a hot mess, eventually knocking me completely unconscious.
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"Ugh… Where am I?" I muttered as I had woken up on a soft bed… a very familiar soft bed which I immediately recognized.
"Oh… are you finally awake?" A cold voice said as a woman with brown hair and hazel eyes entered the room, her arms crossed with authority and her gaze filled with hatred.
"What happened?" I asked, but the woman only clicked her tongue before letting another woman into the room.
Upon laying my eyes on the woman, I felt a jumble of emotions slowly unravel themselves like a ball of tangled yarn.
But, tons of other memories resurfaced as I quickly stood up and held up my guard.
"This woman right here… Miss Claydol saved your ass, so thank her quickly!" Amelia shouted, but it felt as if she was slowly fading out of my mind as the woman with dark blue hair and creepy pale blue eyes stared into my soul.
She was wearing some expensive armor, and her well-developed mana core almost barked at me as it recognized me.
"Why'd you find me?" I asked with my eyes squinted.
"Please leave," Her honeyed and angelic voice suddenly spoke up, and Amelia soon left the room, breathing a heavy sigh of exhaustion.
The woman then soon closed the door behind her, looking at me with a bit of pity.
"Forgive me. I was unable to protect you," The woman said as she suddenly bowed before me, and I just clicked my tongue, already fed up with her actions.
They didn't seem to be fake, but my hatred towards the Claydol family had already mutated into something that spread across all my siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, and parents.
I was the youngest of five, with the middle three being just as talented as my eldest brother, but obviously, they weren't given as much love since my eldest brother was held the highest in all regards.
"I don't need your fucking protection. Protect and care for yourself first before caring for me… You should know the unspoken rules of the family," I muttered.
The second eldest was the woman right before me, and her unjust love made me so sick that I wanted to throw up.
"It's a stupid unspoken rule. I have protected the third and fourth but was unable to protect you as mother and father despised you… I'm sorry. I was too busy protecting the others to remember you," She said and bowed once again, lowering her head beneath her waist.
"Please stand straight up… *sigh*... So, were you the one that saved me?" I asked before laying back on my bed.
My body felt as if it had been beaten with a metal pole which I assume was due to the harsh current of the river.
"Yes… what were you thinking trying to enter a dungeon yourself? You should've at least tried to hire a raid team," My sister sorrowfully asked, and her worried expression made me even sicker than before.
"I'm no longer part of the family. I don't have the money I used to have… not like I got to spend any of it anyway,"
"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry," My sister muttered before bowing straight down again, clearly trying to obtain forgiveness.
"If you want to be forgiven, leave this place and never show yourself in front of me again. Tell my siblings that as well… All of you will die by my hands, so it doesn't matter," I said while my bloodlust slowly seeped out of my body.
My sister was a bit surprised to see the amount of bloodlust peeking out of my skin, but all of this was from the collective killing I had done in my past life. None of it feels deserved, and to be honest, I don't really want it.
"I'm sorry… Please forgive me. I don't want you to go down a dirty path like me… I only managed to obtain this much power which still can't match the head through a path of blood and agony. Please… Please try to set away your hatred and do not take revenge," My sister pleaded, but I had my already set in stone.
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[Main Quest: Rise to Power]
[Description: The boiling anger of your abusive family can finally be taken out, but you might want to gather some allies first. Your family is strong, so strong in fact that you have no chance as you stand now. Your family has a myriad of high-tier adventurers, so plan and get strong. But, once you have become the head of your family, excrete the pollutants and build your family's reputation once again.]
[Reward: [???]
[Penalty Upon Failure: Death]
[Time Left: Five Years]
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I glanced at my main quest, which endlessly floated in the corner of my vision as if taunting me and provoking me to get stronger.
"Sorry… but that's not possible. If I don't take revenge, I'll die… and if you don't want to be part of it, then don't associate yourself with the family anymore,"
"That's easier said than done,"
"*sigh*... Are you still on the path of revenge?"
"I am. I plan on taking revenge on our parents for abusing you, me, and my younger siblings. I'll be reforming the entire family, and when I become the head, please come back,"
"I was already planning on becoming the head, so that makes us rivals then,"
"No, please. I'm begging you… This might sound harsh, but I don't want you anywhere near the position of the head,"
"Ohhhh… You thought just killing the head would reform the entire family… Sadly, that's not how it works. You have to be authoritative and cut down on all the corruption spreading through the branches… And if you can't do that, then you don't deserve the position… There isn't just the main family,"
My sister shut up for a bit before glancing up at me with a determined smile.